510 A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM SUMATRA. 



straight to base of caudal peduncle. Scutes narrow, deepest six and one-half in 

 greatest depth of body. 



Dorsal spines pungent, third longest, depressable in a groove, and insertion of 

 fin about over first sixth of pectoral. Soft dorsal inserted nearer tip of mandible 

 than base of caudal, anterior rays elevated. Anal similar, inserted a little nearer 

 front rim of orbit than base of caudal, and its last ray, like that of dorsal, longer 

 than short rays immediately preceding. Anal spines depressable in a groove, second 

 a little over twice length of first, which is inserted about opposite origin of soft 

 dorsal. Pectoral long, falcate, reaching well past anterior elevated dorsal rays, and 

 about three and one-third in body. Ventral small, inserted below origin of pec- 

 toral, and reaching about half way to origin of spinous anal. Anus near tip of 

 ventral. Abdomen with a bony trenchant keel a short distance before anal spines. 



Color in arrack slaty-gray above, lower surface white and more or less silvery. 

 Back shot with deep iridescent-blue. A black blotch a little smaller than eye, on 

 opercle. Spinous dorsal tinged with dusky. Soft dorsal and caudal grayish, other 

 fins pale whitish. Peritoneum silvery. 



Length 5|- inches. 



Type No. 27,503, A. N. S. P. Padang. 



One example. This species is close to Caranx kuhlii (Bleeker),' but from the 

 description of that species it is impossible to determine their identity. From the 

 definition of Selar, according to Bleeker, it would also have palatine teeth. 



{Scitula, pretty neat, trim.) 



72. Caranx megalaspis (Bleeker). Plate Xtll, upper figure. 



73. Caranx mate Valenciennes. Plate XIII, lower figure. 



74. Caranx semisomnus sp. nov. Plate XVI, upper figure. 



Caranx forsteri Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Genoot. (Bijd. Makreel. Vissch. Soend. Moluk. Arch.), XXIV, 

 1852, p. 57. Batavia, in mari — at Padang, Sumatrae occidentalis, in mari. (Not of Valenciennes.) 



Head 3; depth 2|; D. VIII— I, 21; A. II— I, 17; P. ii, 18; V. I, 5 ; scales 

 46 in curved portion of lateral line, and about 38 scutes in remaining straight por- 

 tion ; about 23 scales between origin of spinous dorsal and -upper portion of lateral 

 line ; width of head 2 in its length ; depth of head 1 -^ ; mandible 2 ; third dorsal 

 spine 21 ; first dorsal ray 1^ ; first anal ray ly^^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 7-|; 

 ventral 2|-; snout S-| in head, measured from its tip; eye of; maxillary 2-Jq ; in- 

 terorbital space 34 ; pectoral 2|- in body. 



Body oblong, compressed, deep, upper anterior profile much more convex than 

 lower, and greatest depth about origin of soft dorsal. Caudal peduncle broad, 

 depressed, its least depth a trifle less, and its width one and one-quarter in its length. 



Head deep, upper profile strongly convex. Snout steep, oblique, blunt, and 

 with upper jaw projecting slightly beyond. Eye large, well anterior, and with a 

 broad adipose eyelid covering nearly all of its posterior half Mouth large, low, 

 slightly inclined and curved, gape reaching nearly opposite front rim of pupil, and 

 mandible projecting a little beyond upper jaw. Maxillary long, its distal expanded 



=> Verb. Bat. Genoot. (Bijd. Makreel. Vissch. Soend. Moluk. Arch.), XXIV, 1852, p. 54. 

 Kamraal Tandjong (Madurse iusulse), in mari. 



